Heyo! Raced a great and full season in 2018 and my 2010 ZX6R has served me exceedingly well! It has approximately 16k miles on the clock and with the off-season here the the inability to road race here in the Pacific Northwest, the blues are setting in!
However, this does mean I have some time to take care of all those garage maintenance tasks... And this year, with the help of my dad, we're going to be tackling rebuilding the engine ourselves. I'm in the research stage right now and trying to figure out all we need to know before we take on the task.
We are also keeping the engine "Supersport" legal, which pretty much means no modifications from OEM, though we are going to port the heads.
I don't intend to cheap out on anything. My questions are:
If people are interested, I'm more than happy to take some photos and lay out the process in a separate thread, though I'm sure there would be a similar thread lurking around here I just haven't ran into yet..
Thanks much for supporting someone who's a newbie to this subject! The most difficult part is figuring out the right questions to ask!
However, this does mean I have some time to take care of all those garage maintenance tasks... And this year, with the help of my dad, we're going to be tackling rebuilding the engine ourselves. I'm in the research stage right now and trying to figure out all we need to know before we take on the task.
We are also keeping the engine "Supersport" legal, which pretty much means no modifications from OEM, though we are going to port the heads.
I don't intend to cheap out on anything. My questions are:
- What do we need to buy to rebuild it? Sounds like a silly question, but is this something where we should buy all specific oem parts from a dealer, or an aftermarket rebuild kit? What are the most reputable brands to buy?
- Are there any specialized tools needed or anything that especially important to know that the service manual doesn't have laid out?
- And any other advice!
If people are interested, I'm more than happy to take some photos and lay out the process in a separate thread, though I'm sure there would be a similar thread lurking around here I just haven't ran into yet..
Thanks much for supporting someone who's a newbie to this subject! The most difficult part is figuring out the right questions to ask!